i84 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. xix. 



close and fine, and polishes well. There are half-a-dozen 

 other species yielding timber of small size and little value. 



The Bow-wood {Maclura aurantiaca) of the south- 

 west states is hard and durable, and valued by waggon- 

 makers. 



Morus rubra, the Red Mulberry of the Atlantic 

 states, is used in ship - building, and the Hackberry 

 (Celtis occidentalis) yields a hard Beech-like timber. 



The Tulip tree {Liriodendron tulipiferd) is a Mag- 

 nolia, and its soft white wood, known as " White-wood " 

 or Yellow Poplar, is useful for inside work, flooring, &c. 



The Button-wood {Platanus occidentalis), an ally of 

 which is much planted in Europe under the name of 

 Plane tree, is common in America, and yields a cabinet- 

 wood of considerable beauty. The other Planes are of 

 little or no value as timber. 



The Buck-eyes are trees allied to our Horse-chestnut 

 {JEsculus hippocastanum), and have soft wood of little 

 value. 



The Locust tree, known in Europe as the False- 

 acacia {Robinia pseudacacia), has a solid, fine-grained, 

 yellow or greenish heart-wood, of great beauty, and 

 very durable ; one or two other species of Robinia are 

 known in the United States. 



Myall - wood, well known in the manufacture of 

 tobacco-pipes, is obtained from Acacia homalophylla ; 

 several Australian Acacias also are cultivated in the 

 States. 



Various species of Pyrus (Pears) yield hard, close 

 woods, useful for carving, but the American species of 

 Prunus (Plums) and Cratcegus (Hawthorn) are of little 

 value as timber. 



Several of the Blue Gums {Eucalyptm) of Australia 

 are now cultivated in America. 



